Continental Motors Group announced Thursday it will offer its CD-100 diesel series for existing light piston airplanes in China. The company has filed for a Chinese STC for the installation of its CD-135 and CD-155 engines in the Cessna 172, Piper PA-28 series and the Diamond DA40. It expects the STC to be granted in 2015. "We plan to support the growth of the Chinese pilot training market with a tailor-made concept," said Ken Suda, director of CMG and managing director of Technify Motors, the German subsidiary of CMG. "Flight schools will benefit from significantly lower cost operating a fleet of Continental diesel engines as compared to avgas-powered aircraft."
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